dealdash Archives - Page 73 of 90

August 13, 2016

The Clean Machines at DealDash

You may not think to go to DealDash first for your cleaning machines, but they have such a great variety of cleaning devices, I thought I would highlight a few of my favorites, give some comparisons and talk about retail pricing. This is a very popular category at DealDash, it seems everyone wants a new vacuum or a pressure washer.

O'Cedar Easy Wring Spin Mop & Bucket $41 — O’Cedar Easy Wring Spin Mop & Bucket $41

I am one of those people, I love to shop in this category, between my home and the home of my two adult children, we have a lot of cleaning to do. My favorite win in the “cleaning machine” category is an unbelievable, awesome mop, believe it or not. I love this mop! I will never touch a mop-head again, I’ve had this one for a couple of years now and it’s still like brand new. If ever I needed to replace it, I would go straight to DealDash and win another one. I paid about .45 cents for my first one! I call this a “machine” because it has a spinning feature where you don’t have to touch the mop-head, it spins the water out, you dip in the bucket and then step on the pedal and spin, it’s great because you can use really hot water too! If you don’t like moping the floor, and who does? You need this mop.

Moving on, let’s talk about the elephant in the room, the item I haven’t won. I haven’t really tried very hard, but I have tried a couple of times to win this Panasonic Canister Vacuum, I’ve had a similar vacuum in the past and after a few upright canister vacuums, I’d like to try this style again. I like the idea of having a bag to catch the dust. I also like that you only have to push around the wand and not the entire canister. For those reasons I highlight the canister vacuum as my favorite vacuum choice at DealDash.

karcher k 2.26M+T50 184 — Karcher k 2.26M+T50 $184

For outdoor cleaning the deck, your driveway and your car, this lightweight Karcher K2.26M + T50, with wand and 5 attachments makes your outdoor cleaning easier. This is an item on my wish list, but I haven’t gone for it yet. I’m waiting for just the right moment, defined by who is in the auction, what type of sale DealDash is offering at the time and often, what day of the week it is. I’ll get it, I usually get everything I’ve set out to get one way or another (win or bin). Deal Dash has a really nice selection of Pressure Washers, this is my favorite “around the house” model, but they carry pressure washers all the way up to an $800 professional model. Simply type “pressure washer” in the search bar, select your favorite and bookmark it by clicking the star in the upper right hand corner of the auction or hitting the “Alert Me tab”. DealDash will send you an email a couple of days before it comes on the market, a day earlier and about an hour or two before it goes live, they don’t want you to miss it. I usually set an alarm clock the day of the auction.

These are just a few of my favorite cleaning machines they carry at Dealdash. Tip: this popular category takes patience and perseverance, don’t get discouraged if you don’t win it the first time around, you will, just keep trying. Since this auction will take time, I usually look for it during a Free Sale, this way I’m in for the long haul and when I win, I pay nothing, DealDash picks up the tab. Yes! they do that all the time!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

August 10, 2016

Know the DealDash Language

DealDash has a language all it’s own, and knowing what the difference between a jumper and a stomper is helpful, especially in understanding your fellow player. Here is a list of the basic lingo of DealDash.

Auctions- An auction is why you come to DealDash, there is a pay to shop/play system where you buy bids and play the auction to win great everyday items for very low prices. The home page at DealDash displays all the auctions available for bidding or purchase.

Auctions, Individual- Each auction has its own page where the stats of the auction are available. For example: how many players, who they are, and their comment.

Banner-The banner at the top of the home page is where you will find the current cost of bids and the details of the latest sale. Often, 50% Off Final Price, Free Auction Wins, and a Free Bid Multiplier. Check the banner daily, it changes very early in the morning.

Bidding- The act of placing bids in a auction for real, everyday items, like computers, housewares, clothing, jewelry and art.

Bids- Bids are the currency of the site, you need them to bid and win your prizes. They range in price between .12 to .16 cents and you can see the cost on the banner. Purchase bids to join auctions.

Bid Count Meter-This displays your available bids. When you have bids on your Bid Buddy, the bids are subtracted from this total. There are two bid count meters one on the top, right hand side of the page and one on the bottom left.

Buy Bid Tabs-There are three, one is on the top of the auctions page right next to your bid count meter, one is at the bottom on the left of the auctions page, it looks like a little credit card, and there is one in your dashboard list of tabs.

Buy It Now (BIN)- Also referred to as “Binning”. At any time during an auction you can opt out and purchase the item at the regular retail price. When you do, the DealDash promise is to give you all the bids back that you used trying to win it. When you make your purchase from the “Buy It Now” tab, the used bids will be immediately deposited into your Bid Count Meter.

Bid Buddy- The most reliable tool at Deal Dash, it is the best way to set up a pre -determined amount of bids to be placed for you in the order you joined the auction. If there are 7 players using Bid Buddy, it will place a bid for you every 7th turn, the only thing between you and the other players is the number of bids you place. The one who places the last bid is the winner.

Dashboard-Your dashboard is essential to keeping track of all your plays, wins and purchases. There is a comprehensive list of the items you are bidding on currently and how many bids you have placed. This is where you find all your information, public profile, bids placed, account information. You will find your dashboard on the top and bottom of the page.

Deal Dasher- One who plays, shops and saves at Deal Dash.

Final Price- When an auction ends the number of bids placed by all players determines the final price. If 4945 total bids are placed the final price is $49.45.

Free Bid Meter-“Time as highest bidder” is determined by the number of bids you place times about 9 seconds for each bid. The meter ticks up your time and when you’ve reached the appropriate number of bids for your current level you are rewarded with free bids. Each level increases the number of bids you claim, for example if you are at level 79 you will claim 1000 bids and it goes up with each level of play you achieve.

Jumping-A player who places a bid before the $5 cut off and then leaves the auction only to return later and jump in. Get to know who does this and wait until they jump in. Jumper- One who jumps

Public Profile- You may have a comment displayed under your Avatar, which you can edit it from your Public Profile tab located on the left hand side of your Dashboard. All comments are approved by Deal Dash staff and have guidelines that include, among other things, not being threatening or misleading with your statement. It’s meant to give some personality to your Avatar. Auctions can be won and lost with these comments, pay close attention. Lately, there has been a trend to talk to each other through the comment by creating a continuous story. Feel free to join in!

Stomping-Stomping plain and simple is the worst offense of a Deal Dasher. It is a reckless and thoughtless storm of bids being throw into an auction. This rapid-fire bidding is an attempt to scare everyone away and as a result win the auction. Stomper- One who stomps Stompers become obsolete because in the long run, this activity is unsustainable.

User Name-The name everyone sees when you are playing Deal Dash, you’ll want this to be creative and expressive. Some people use their actual name or a combination of letters and numbers.

Winner’s list-A real-time list of all the wins, a picture of the item with a description, who won it and what they paid for it. It also displays the winners Avatar. The winners list is a great place to do research. You can see what final prices are trending to estimate where the next auction may end.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

August 1, 2016

DealDash Bids all Weigh the Same

There is one thing for sure, bidding at DealDash is so much fun and there are so many prizes to win. But when you are bidding, it’s not a bad idea to think about the weight of the bids.

You can win a toaster with about 25 bids, or you can win a $2500 piece of art with the same 25 bids. It takes time and patience to win a big ticket item with 25 bids, but it’s possible and happens often. You should not go into an auction after being here for one day and expect to win a big art prize right away because it takes some knowledge, along with a bunch of luck.

Here are a few important things to remember when you are bidding on high ticket items and you’re trying to win it with only a few bids. First, and this is the most important, if you don’t win it in 25 bids, like you planned, you need to back out. That’s the plan, you want to win with 25 bids, right?

There is always another prize exactly like this one or one that is very similar in value and quality right around the corner, so don’t waste any more bids trying to win an item you may never win. Be warned, you can go through a dozen auctions losing every one with just 25 bids, or you might be the one who one the $3000 prize with a few bids. It is a strategy and it’s played everyday by many.

You can go for a toaster and possibly win, but what if you went for the art and won that? You spent the same amount of bids and won a much larger prize. This type of bidding is not for the faint of heart, you MUST be prepared to lose bids and not “win them all” but the rewards are much greater when you do. It’s all about the odds.

This is a game that many “old timers” and “seasoned pros” use, but again, they will be more willing to stay in an auction until every bid of a BIN is used. These are the hard core shoppers who plan on winning for the retail value. But this article is about winning with nothing.

You have to be willing to back out if you want to win with a few bids, you need to grow that thick upper skin and say good bye, it’s not as easy as you might think. The second most important thing about this type of bidding is to know the other players, if you don’t you may be involved in an auction where this player is just not going to back out….ever.

The third thing I can share about “bidding on the 25” is you may not get these bids back. If you are in 10 auctions and have 25 in each , you will run out of bids quickly. Shop ahead of time, know what you’re going for and stick to the plan! That is an important piece of the puzzle.

So, if you want to win your item with 25 bids, 1. don’t bid over 25 bids in an auction, 2. Don’t overbid on an item when there is another one right around the corner. hint: the second one will most likely go for less that the first, a phenomenon I’ve noticed. 3. Go for a toaster or a high value piece of art, but know the competition so you make an educated decision. 4. Be willing to lose the bids, this is about fun, competition and winning for a few pennies. You might….or you might not. But I can say that I have won nearly 600 auctions, I have been there, done that, and I drew the map. I’ve learned how to walk away and that takes guts.

In just the past 30 days, I’ve won 23 auctions with less than 30 bids.

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!

July 31, 2016

DealDash Best Bidding Times

There are a few great times of the day to bid at DealDash. No one time can be a “shoe-in” to better winning because you do have to factor in so many situations. However, DealDash is open to players across the United States and that’s it! So that narrows down the pool of players from some other sites which are open in other countries.

That means the DealDash advantage starts before you even get started, but there are some other factors to consider. For example, the time of day you bid can have an influence on your winnings. When the site is busy, there are more people, but there is also more prizes, so anytime could be a real opportunity, but what I’ve noticed is during certain times of the day, there really are less people.

Well, if we didn’t have people there would be no competition, and after all, it is the thrill of the chase at DealDash, but when there are less people it can be your lucky day! The site seems to be less busy when people are driving to and from work. I live on the East Coast, so for me what I’ve seen over the past two years of bidding is between 5AM East Cost time to 9AM West Coast time is a good time to bid. Likewise, the evening drive time, between 3PM East Coast to about 5PM West Coast.

During the middle of the day the site is busy with people who play at work, you know who you are! Then there is the stay at home crowd, when everyone is off to school and work and now is “my time”. This little secret could help you win if you can get to the site during what I call “drive time”. Luckily, there are a lot of items to bid on during drive times which you can and will win.

The ratio of players to prizes is less in the middle of the night too. There are less people, but also less prizes. The site is open 24 hours a day, and you can get some great deals in the middle of the night, but it is a sleepier place during the “wee hours” of the night, yet there are opportunity and advantage too!

What really shocked me was the number of players who play 24 hours a day. You can be sure they are using their Bid Buddy to bid for them and they leave the site to “go about life” I do a little bit of both. I enjoy the prowl, but I also have a life and go off the do other things. Just about everyone does this and the beauty of this is the opportunity to gain when someone else is “asleep at the wheel”. What I mean is people make mistakes, they don’t put enough bids into Bid Buddy and what happens? Well, about 4 AM they run out of bids and if you are there, you could be the winner!

DealDash is a very popular site and it’s always busy, that is one of the things that actually makes it more fun, but just knowing these few tips could help you win more. Get out there during “drive times” and keep in mind the middle of the day and the evenings are busy. Why not, it’s a national pastime! It’s a great place to play and shop for everyday items!

Good Luck and Happy Bidding!!!